Well-known author Shashi Tharoor, who was in the race for top UN post, on Wednesday said buoyancy in the stock markets and robust economic growth have not touched the lives of poor in India.
In the present investment scenario, it's easy to get carried away and do something silly like take on more risk that you can afford to in a bid to make a quick buck.
Metal and mining companies, such as Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Hindalco, and Coal India, have been among the top-performing sectors on the bourses in recent months. The S&P BSE Metal Index is up 13 per cent in the past three months, rallying 29 per cent in the past year, outperforming the broader market. For comparison, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex has only seen a 1.7 per cent increase in the past three months, with a 15 per cent gain since the end of September last year.
Experts say the presence of varied agro-climatic conditions along with favourable conditions for cultivation has helped India to become the world's largest producer across a range of commodities.
Eighty per cent of television viewing is now split among 43 channels and not a single show is rated above 10. Viewers are not sticking to any channel for too long and definitely jilting it during commercial breaks.
Contract farming, which helps farmers reduce the risks of production and marketing, thrives in several states with governments making suitable legal provisions.
Noida is going vertical with several high-rise luxury apartment complexes, malls and offices in the works. But are these safe?
The amount of digital information consumed globally in 2006 alone, if stacked as books, can go to and fro from the sun 18 times
Even as Maruti Suzuki's once bread-and-butter M800 model is seeing interest wane among buyers in India, demand for the country's once most iconic car has shot up in markets abroad.
H S Prannoy lost a three-game thriller to China's Weng Hong Yang in the men's singles final.
Large format shopowners look outside malls for spaces with international look & feel.
It's raining written words in India as the industry rides a boom. More newspapers, magazines... and still more launches ahead.
Mobile handset sales in India are forecast to reach 251 million units in 2013, an increase of 13.5 percent over 2012 sales of 221 million units, according to Gartner, Inc.
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard are likely to be retained.
19 per cent of national supply to come up in the city.
These days, there simply isn't enough housing in the area, with so many industries coming in.
India is set to add 10,000 budget hotel rooms in the next two years in response to the burgeoning demand for low-cost accommodation across the country.
The US is looking to increase its share in the growing multi-trillion dollar infrastructure market in countries such as India, Indonesia, Columbia and the UAE.
Can call centre thefts end India's flourishing BPO business? Do such deeds give India a bad name? Tell us what you think.
Mumbai's Museum of Living History is truly a delight.
Mobile entertainment is set to become a $5-billion industry in India in the next two years, telecom experts said in New Delhi on Friday.
Airline stocks were seen soaring high on Wednesday fuelled by reports that merger plan of Jet Airways and Air Sahara was about to fall apart, even as market analysts said failure of the deal would benefit Jet.
Asian-owned businesses in the US have surged and boosted the country's economic growth with Indian-owned firms raking in the most revenue by earning $3.8 billion, according to a Census Bureau report.
Investors were on Monday sceptical on the shares of Ambani sibling companies and their prices remained subdued despite a resurgent stock market.
Tata Housing, Bharti Realty have announced projects near Delhi.
Rijiju complimented Rahul for promoting the excellent roads built in the Himalayan region under Modi's leadership.
Hoteliers are tweaking their pricing strategies to adjust to the new stickiness in the market.
Neither the batting has worked nor has the bowling clicked in the two matches played so far.
Indian office real estate supply is expected to cross 100 million sq ft in a year to cater huge IT and IT-enabled services requirements.
The Indian industry on Tuesday expressed overwhelming concern at the way the stock market had negated all negatives and scaled an all-time high and felt that the Sensex needed a healthy correction.
With the investment limit in these funds being raised to Rs 100,000 risk-taking investors can and should up their investments in these funds significantly.
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